Nguyen Huu Co

Nguyen Huu Co (23 February 1925-3 July 2012) was a South Vietnamese ARVN Lieutenant-General during the Vietnam War. He also played a major role in the 1963 South Vietnamese coup against Ngo Dinh Diem.

Biography
Nguyen Huu Co was born in My Tho, Tien Giang Province, South Vietnam in 1925, and he fought for the French-backed State of Vietnam against the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. In 1963, he participated in the coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem, and Ton That Dinh gave him command of the 7th Division as a Brigadier-General. He became more prominent as other generals rose and fell in a series of coups and ultimately became Defense Minister in 1965, and he amassed exorbitant wealth due to corruption. In 1967, Nguyen Cao Ky fired him as he was on an international trip, and he was sent into exile until 1970. In 1975, he was captured by the North Vietnamese communists after the Fall of Vietnam and was sent to re-education camp for 12 years. He died in Ho Chi Minh City in 2012 at the age of 87.